bye bye pontiac....

[MHKflyer52]

Nobody ever said happiness was guaranteed or even possible...

 

So true so true but you forgot that one must work for happiness and only then can one really enjoy it.

 

Glad to know that there are some like THINKERS still out there.

[Davemk1]

I wish we could go back to the days of the government protecting our shores, delivering the mail, and leaving us the hell alone.

 

I guess the days of personal responsibility and survival of the fittest are gone.

 

We're entitled to life, liberty, and the PURSUIT of happiness. Nobody ever said happiness was guaranteed or even possible...

 

 

I for the most part agree with you but I wonder...........

 

The Government should protect us from a foreign enemy from invading our shores. They should protect us from those bad guys looking to do us harm. Hard to argue with that. But shouldn't the Government also protect us from the nut job down the street with the shed full of automatic weapons? Or from the financial institution that is taking huge risks with our pensions to pad their own packets? Don't the real threats to our ability to pursue happiness come from those close to us, those all around us, inside our borders? Aren't laws and regulations in place to protect us from a person or company that is out to do us harm?

 

Should "personal responsibility and survival of the fittest" be the means used to protect my aged father whose pension is worthless because GM was allowed to make such bad business decisions? Was the lineworker who started working as a kid and did his 40 years screwing door panels into ElCaminos supposed to think ahead 40 years and wonder if his company was going to screw him?

 

I don't think it needs to be all or nothing. Without the rules and regs we will all suffer no matter how responsible we are.

 

Due Respect,

 

Dave

[oilteq]

I wish we could go back to the days of the government protecting our shores, delivering the mail, and leaving us the hell alone.QUOTE]

 

 

 

I agree for the most part..., but I think we could privatize the mail service.

 

With sports cars, bikinis, and government, less is more.

[athens7]

It is amazing how, all I believe, can be summed up in one unique article how I feel but do not know intellectually how to express in words.

If your mind is glued shut, don't even bother to click the link.

 

This IS what we and our next generations have to look forward to.

 

http://www.hillsdale.edu/news/imprimis/archive/issue.asp?year=2009&month=04

 

BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

As to the domestic automobile business, rampant government over-regulation over the past 70 years has had more to do with its' destruction than any management or labor decision(s). CAFE, the lack of a coherent energy policy, protectionist legislation on imports, dealer franchise protection laws, are all examples of an unwillingness to make the hard decisions necessary to adapt to a changing marketplace, and in fact were knee-jerk reactions to immediate problems. The government, as well as the management and labor forces of the domestic auto manufacturers all suffer from the same fatal flaw: the unwillingness to sacrifice any current benefit in exchange for long term competitiveness (and therefore, growth and prosperity).

[WestTexasS2K]

I like that article Bob. It says what I think I just cant express it in that way. I also agree with Athens7.

 

Its kind like a frog that you throw into pan of boiling water, it will jump right out. If you put frog in a pan of water and slowly heat it up it will sit there until it is dead. I'm afraid we are becoming the frog. If we dont look out we are going to get cooked alive.